CN101095154A - A method and system for preventing reception of unwanted electronic messages, such as spam-mails - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for preventing reception of unwanted electronic messages such as e-mails sent from an external entity, for instance a person to a user, according to which method each of said entities is initially given a unique address or member channel to the user for communication with the user. This unique address is only given to the external entity after a successful response given by the external entity during an initial challenge/response procedure. The unique address forms a part of the mail address itself, thus obviating the need of a specific password being given each time the external entity wants to communicate with the user. The user himself will experience the method and system according to the invention as extremely transparent, thus giving the user a normal mail reception experience and still providing the user with a very high degree of protection against reception of unwanted electronic messages.
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Technical field
The method that present invention relates in general to the electronic communication network field and be used for communicating at these networks, more specifically, relate in this network and communicating, particularly be used to prevent to receive the method and the corresponding system of the unwelcome Email that is commonly referred to spam (SPAM) by Email.
Background technology
The some kinds of method and systems that are used to prevent to receive unwelcome Email (spam) are being well-known in the art.Thereby, US 6,266,692B1 discloses a kind of method that stops unwelcome Email based on the password of header that is used to use, according to this method, all want can really must be ratified in advance before this addressee's send Email at them by the sender that Email and addressee communicate.Thereby for the password code of the uniqueness that is provided by the addressee is provided for each sender, when Email was sent to this addressee, this password code must be imported in the specific region in the email header.Be not provided in the storer of the communication network that the Email of password code can provide by depositing in, initiatively require to receive these mails up to the addressee.Scheme as an alternative, the network provisioning person finally deletes them.In any case provide the Email of wrong password code all deleted at first.
Described a kind of method and system that can be used as replacement that relates to electronic communication service among the US 2004/0181462A1, it can prevent to receive spam, and further compiles and upgrade the spam database that is used for the shielding rubbish mail.This system is included in electronic information and sends to addressee's invoked filtration step before from this service, thereby the Email of distributing indiscriminately (unsolicited e-mail) is removed.By being compared, the Email that arrives and known unwelcome Email and sender's database realizes this removing, and under the situation of sure comparative result, the part of this Email is added to database, and is marked as and is out of favour.The document describes how to estimate whether the Email that arrives is considered to unwelcome in detail, and this estimation need be calculated the mail of arrival and never be received the probability P of the source transmission of welcome.The probability that is calculated compares with a threshold value subsequently, determines to avoid receiving the importance of unwelcome Email so in some sense.In this method and system, the sender does not require to have any special passwords code or other identifier.
Summary of the invention
Definition
The some terms that use have in this manual been defined below.
User/member
Alleged " user " of present specification is meant individual that use communicates by Email and one or more external entity (individual, tissue etc.) according to communication means of the present invention or system, tissue, company etc., or any other entity.In order to utilize method and system of the present invention, the service that the user must actual customized this method and system provides, hardware that this system is essential and/or software for example are presented on network provider or other tissue or company or as an alternative in face of user oneself, just as what will be described in further detail in subsequent paragraph.
Alleged " member " of present specification is meant the individual who communicates by Email and this user, tissue, company or other entities.
Spam (SPAM)
In whole instructions, word " spam " generally but and not exclusively refer to send to user's the Email of distributing indiscriminately, such as promotional product or service, or only be in order to make user or the like angry.In addition, it also instigates the user to receive unsuitable or unwelcome sales promotion or the commercial bulletin or the news summary to discussion group, bulletin board issue of unwelcome Email.Thereby such as the definition that in this paper linguistic context, belongs to spam by all unwelcome Emails that produce based on the distribution of machinery.
On meaning more generally, this instructions is the adopted name of term " spam " as all unwelcome electronic communication message etc., and the user wishes and can avoid receiving them in the mode of controlling by user oneself basically.
Spammer (SPAMMER)
" spammer " refers to the e-mail address of knowing the user or obtains other required visit information of visit to this user's electronic communication device, and other people are passed in this address, or own anyone (or any device, tissue etc.) of this user being created spam.Similarly, " send out spam (SPAMMING) " refers to provide by described individual, device or tissue are own to the user and produces, or via described individual, device or organize unwelcome Email or other electronic information from other local route.
System
System is the set of the technology of cooperating ringwise, is understood that a kind of barrier, and it is around this user, and protects him to avoid receiving spam.
The necessary electronic system is extensively based on existing technology/element, for example essential server, database, browser, electronic data transmissing set or the like, and this system itself relatively, the major part in them have stronger functional, and complicated more.
Ring (CIRCLE)
Above-mentioned ring is to be created when technology is worked (cooperation) with some setting, and by the device of the computer code of certain customization control.
This ring is the entity part of system.The function of the computer code of customization and the setting of technology will be counted as environmental protection is held in " gummed " of appropriate location.Use other electronic mail technology will need other Custom Design code of going, but this ring can be transferred in the environment of not describing here.
The user uses the experience of the system that sets up in ring be the result of this system.
Conceptive, thus this ring can be counted as around the user of system and prevents that this user from receiving the closed boundary such as the unwelcome electronic communication project of Email etc.
Mail passage (MAIL CHANNEL)
The addresses of items of mail or the mail passage of well-known can be described by symbol [user name] @[territory].
Disclosure of the Invention
On the background technology of initial record, a target of the present invention provides a kind of method and corresponding system, can avoid receiving Email or other electronic communication project of distributing indiscriminately by them, such as an example but and not exclusively for promotional product or service or the message that sends just to making the user angry.The method and system of this invention is further avoided receiving and is made the user receive unsuitable or unwelcome sales promotion or the commercial bulletin or the news summary to discussion group and bulletin board issue of unwelcome Email or other electronic information.As a concrete outcome, avoid receiving the unwelcome Email that all for example may produce from the distribution based on machinery.
Another target of the present invention provides a kind of method and system, it is under the control of the unwelcome Email of rejection or other electronic information the user, and need not the user experiences this system during normal described Email of reception or message existence, promptly this method and system is felt as " transparent " by the user between the normal operating period.
According to the present invention, top target realizes by the method for using a kind of technology, wherein for each member divides pairing this user unique addresses of items of mail/reference address (so-called member channel), rather than this user has all senders to its public addresses of items of mail that writes letter ([user name] territory]).According to unique addresses of items of mail of the present invention thus can have ([member channel] @[user name] .[territory]) or [member channel] .[user name] @[territory] form (symbol).The concrete form of addresses of items of mail itself is unimportant, importantly be to divide this user of pairing unique member channel according to each member of the present invention, and this member channel is designated in its address itself.
Can select address or " title " of this member channel to make that it is memory easily for special member.Therefore, according to a specific embodiment of the present invention, his address of member oneself definition.
For example, described address can have [member's name] [numbering] service provider name] form of .com, the wherein name that member's name can all this members in this way.
The addresses of items of mail of such uniqueness is called as " passage " or " mail passage ".
When the member got in touch this system, this passage was used as " arrival address " (addressee), and when this user when system writes letter, this passage is used as " address, source " (sender).
Therefore, which passage the user needn't consider to use, and only need to consider to whom to write letter.
The member will not know many other addresses of this system, and addresses of items of mail of use/needs only, promptly distribute to his member channel, for example ([member channel] @[user name] the .[territory]) when writing letter for this user or ([member channel] .[user name] @[territory]).
In addition, also by being used to prevent that the user from receiving unwelcome electronic communication project and realizing top target such as the system from the message of external entity, wherein this system comprises:
(a) be used for from server or other electronic processing/memory storage of the electronic communication project of described external entity reception arrival;
(b) be used to receive the inbox of described user's the electronic communication project that receives;
(c) inquiry/answering device such as database or other electronic processing/memory storage, is used for the inquiry to described external entity transmission such as problem;
(d) be used to receive the device of replying to described inquiry from described external entity;
(e) judgment means is used for judging whether receiving acceptable replying in described inquiry/answering;
Thereby described electronic communication project is passed to described inbox when described judgment means is accepted described replying.
The service provider place that provides by the service that realizes according to method and system of the present invention for example is provided the part that the various devices that this system comprises can be used as the server that is in the center, or is arranged on user oneself as an alternative and locates (if for example this user is big company, tissue etc.).Yet, should be appreciated that the various piece of this native system also can be arranged on different physical locations if be considered to advantage.
The purposes and the advantage of ring
Realize many important advantages by using according to method and system of the present invention:
● make the user carry out seamless communication by Email and existing Email and network technology.
● the user is used and for each member distributes unique addresses of items of mail automatically, do except by the E-mail communication anything and need not this user.
● give the user mail treatment, thereby provide dialog box to scan based on thread.
● using a important results according to method and system of the present invention is to receive at his e-mail address or to his spam of other reference address reception of electronic communication system or when other mail fragment of distributing indiscriminately or message when the user recognizes, this user can judge definitely whom this user's addresses of items of mail or other address be provided at first, thereby detects a member who has transmitted these mail fragment/message of distributing indiscriminately by it at least.
● under the situation of spam, make the user stop the part of sending out spam in affected address, to send spam once more effectively.
● make the user on webpage and printed medium, freely show contact details/user's e-mail address, and can not open the possibility that these contact details are abused by machinery.
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To more comprehensively be understood with reference to following detailed description with the accompanying drawing with thus obtained various effects and advantage according to method and system of the present invention, wherein
Fig. 1 shows during " the customized session " carried out when new user is provided by the customized service that provides according to method and system of the present invention, is presented on according to " creating new user " picture on the new user's of the method and system of the embodiment of the invention the display screen.
Fig. 2 shows to comprise and is used for the set up page of user definition in the zone of problem of using according to inquiry/answering of the present invention and corresponding answer, and this page is on the display screen that is present in during " customized session " according to the new user of the method and system of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 shows the page of setting up that further describes according to Fig. 2 of inquiry/answering of the present invention;
Fig. 4 shows the page of setting up that further describes according to Fig. 2 of the details of inquiry/answering of the present invention;
Fig. 5 shows the page of setting up that further describes according to Fig. 2 of the details of inquiry/answering of the present invention;
Fig. 6 shows the page of setting up that further describes according to Fig. 2 of the details of inquiry/answering of the present invention;
Fig. 7 shows during " customized session " according to method and system of the present invention, the information of checking that comprises the new email address that gives this user that provides to the user;
Fig. 8 other that provide to the user during " customized session " is provided checks information;
Fig. 9 shows first page that new potential member (sender) receives for the first time at him to according to user's send Email of method and system of the present invention the time, it comprises the guide to the website that can be used to visit inquiry/answering of the present invention;
Figure 10 shows the problem of presenting to potential newcomer during according to inquiry/answering of the present invention;
Figure 11 shows the effect that correct option is provided in inquiry/answering of Figure 10, that is, approval (clear) is used to be delivered to the user's of method and system of the present invention Email, and a member channel is provided for new member;
Figure 12 shows the homepage according to alternative embodiment of the present invention, and it will be provided for the member, and comprises the inquiry/answering according to scheme as an alternative of the present invention; And
Figure 13 shows has e-mail address: you@mrspamstopper.com the user experienced according to the figure that schematically illustrates of the effect of method and system of the present invention.
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To provide detailed description below according to the various embodiment of method and system of the present invention, but should be appreciated that, other embodiment of the basic invention theory of general introduction also is possible in the present invention is open, and does not deviate from the scope of the present invention that defines in claims.
As top described according to basic inventive concept, for each member who attempts to visit via e-mail this user divides unique addresses of items of mail (member channel) of this user of orientation, rather than this user has all senders to its public addresses of items of mail that writes letter ([user name] territory]).Therefore, according to unique addresses of items of mail of the present invention thereby can have form (symbol) such as ([member channel] @[user name] .[territory]) or ([member channel] .[user name] @[territory]).The concrete form of addresses of items of mail itself is inessential fully, be unique member channel of dividing this user of orientation according to each member of the present invention importantly, and this member channel is designated in e-mail address self.
Following detailed comprises customized session, and wherein new user is provided by the customized service that provides according to method and system of the present invention/become the user of this service, and its fundamental purpose is to prevent that this user from receiving unwelcome Email.Referring to figs. 1 to 11 each step of being carried out by potential new user is described during customized session.After describing customized session, will describe referring to figs 12 to 15 and attempt the function experienced with the customized someone who communicates according to the user of method and system of the present invention (potential newcomer) for the first time according to method and system of the present invention.To describe customized user's according to method and system of the present invention impression with reference to Figure 16 in detail.At last, will describe according to system of the present invention in the mode of suitable summary with reference to Figure 17 and 18.In the following detailed description, specific embodiment described herein will be called " Mr.Spamstopper " by the venue.Can use many different software and hardwares realizations that the function that provides according to method and system of the present invention is provided in practice, this will all belong to the scope of the present invention that defines in claims.
1. customized session (user is provided by the customized service that provides according to method/system of the present invention,
Abbreviate " Mr.Spamstopper " as)
Below, should be appreciated that the various graphical informations that present only should be counted as the example of this category information layout, and these contents that present can change according to specific implementation according to method and system of the present invention.
For example, can connect via the suitable homepage on the Internet (in this example, on http://flue4.com) or via corresponding Email the visit of Mr.Spamstopper and realize.When opening this homepage or setting up this connection, on potential user's the display screen of service for its present with being commonly referred to of representing of the Reference numeral among Fig. 1 10 "
Create new user" picture, it comprises three zones at information needed: as the user name of new user's e-mail address, i.e. zone 3, Mr.Spamstopper can use this address to get in touch this user, and two zones 4,5 that comprise user-defined password.Alternatively, this user also can show his full name in zone 6, and zone 7 is used for standby e-mail address.The content of above-mentioned zone can be with removing icon 8 deletions.Press subsequently and continue icon 9, be presented on the picture of setting up of the Mr.Spamstopper shown in Fig. 2 for this user.
With reference to figure 2, after this present the Short Description of the function of Mr.Spamstopper for the user.Key feature is that the user provides problem (problem of using) in so-called inquiry/answering, at anyone for the first time via e-mail when this user writes letter, wherein anyone may be the individual this, also may be other entities, for example automatically entity, PC program or other computer based are deliberately created device at this user's spam, and then Mr.Spamstopper will inquire this individual or entity (referring to the following description that communicates with the user of customized Mr.Spamstopper via e-mail) with regard to this problem.In the current step of customized session, the user must provide this problem to Mr.Spamstopper, and described individual or other entity for the first time have to answer this problem after a while during this user of addressing on the address of definition in above-mentioned zone 3.By problem and corresponding correct option are provided, user oneself can select the spam protection level wanted, as further describing in Fig. 6,7 and 8.Thereby according to according to system and method for the present invention, the user can select different spam protection levels with correct option as required by select dissimilar problems in inquiry/answering.The exemplary of this problem can be by clicking " referring to examples of problems " zone, and promptly zone 11 obtains.User even can keep wide-open e-mail address, and make other address be subjected to protection according to method and system of the present invention.
As an example; company can select to make main e-mail address opening that it shows on the home page of company freely receiving Email, and the e-mail address of the individual in the said firm can come by protecting according to method and system of the present invention to avoid receiving unwelcome Email by the single subscribers that for example becomes Mr.Spamstopper.
According to concrete scene, the sender who gives one of these single users send Email receives the Email that comprises the said firm's sign after sending this Email, be connected to text after the sign: " thank you to send to the Email of XXX/ company.For security reasons, can receive at us before your Email, ask you fill in below shown in white space: "
Please in white space [], fill in the title of our company.
Indicated subsequently user " XXX " will receive top Email, and the sender for example can receive an envelope Email, wherein comprises:
" XXX has received your Email now.Usually can be expected in 1 to 3 working day that receives beginning and obtain replying.You also can use telephone number 12 34 56 78 and our telephone contact.You can contact directly XXX by following addresses of items of mail in the future:
rstef.XXX@company.com
You are sincere
XXX/ company "
Get back to Fig. 2, described user-defined problem is transfused in zone 12, and corresponding correct option defined by the user is transfused in zone 12.
As mentioned above, the protection level that provides according to method and system of the present invention can be by this user definition.This is with reference to figure 3,4, and 5 and 6 illustrate as an example.
Thereby, click protection level #1 (stop spammer, but allow other everyone by), be that 16 example will be displayed on the screen at the Reference numeral shown in Fig. 4.Thereby can read a problem: " what is the 3rd word in the words? (What is thethird word in this sentence ?) ", and corresponding correct option is: " the ".Another problem can be: " what color sky is? ", and corresponding correct option will be: " blueness ".
Similarly; click protection level #2 (only allowing your people of understanding write letter), asking shown in Fig. 5/answer example will be displayed on the screen, promptly to you; be " what my brother name is? " respectively " John ", and " what color my house is? " " redness ".
At last as shown in Figure 6; click protection level #3 (only allowing the people who is invited write letter), asking shown in Fig. 6/answer example will be displayed on the screen, promptly to you; be " what secret signal is? " respectively " Monkeybusiness ", and " telling me password " and " strawberry ".
After having defined problem and correct option as mentioned above, this user clicks and continues icon 14, and the demonstration shown in Fig. 7 occurs.
Showing Picture that the usefulness 19 that can relate to usually as shown in Figure 7, is represented comprises the information of checking of the new email address (will be protected to avoid receiving the address of unwelcome Email according to method and system of the present invention) that comprises this user.This address is indication in zone 20.The customized establishment of expectation to the service that provides according to method and system of the present invention will be provided click establishment icon 21 subsequently.
Finally, some additional informations about the effect/use of this inventive method and system are provided for this user, as shown in Figure 8.
2. someone is attempting to customized for the first time (individual or other entities)
This method and system of experiencing during user's send Email of " Mr.Spamstopper "
The function of (" Mr.Spamstopper ")
With reference to figure 9, show from Mr.Spamstopper to attempting for the first time to the user: the response of someone (new Email sender) of MrX@flue4.com (addressee) send Email.In Fig. 9, new Email sender sends the Email that themes as " Re Test (flue4) " to this user (addressee) MrX@flue4.com.This new Email sender receives message as shown in Figure 9 as a result: " we have received from your mail to the MrX@flue4.com transmission, before it is delivered to the addressee, must verify ".As shown in, it is 24 website that new Email sender is directed to Reference numeral: " http://www.flue4.com/challenge/? id=262 ", and visit this website, this sender receives picture 25 as shown in figure 10 subsequently.Problem (originally defined by the user as mentioned above): " what color sky is " is present in the zone 26, and the answer that the sender indicates him to praise in zone 27: " blueness ".His clickable icon 28 (" transmission answer ") then.If answer is correct, the sender will receive screen shots 26 as shown in figure 11 subsequently, in this case, and this picture indication " mail go through (cleared) " 69.This embodiment according to method and system of the present invention, in order to communicate with the user subsequently, this method/system (that is, " Mr.Spamstopper ") is selected will be by the special member passage of sender's application, be qopa.mrx@flue4.com, as indicated among Figure 11 by 70.In this stage of this process, current Email further is delivered to user (addressee) by Mr.Spamstopper.
Yet according to the alternative embodiment according to method and system of the present invention, the sender can oneself define the title of his member channel, and this helps the title that the sender remembers his member channel.
As alternative, can be implemented according to the present invention in the homepage shown in Figure 12 71 in the screen shots shown in Fig. 9 to 11.Aspect a lot, identical information uses interface arrangement shown in Figure 12 to transmit between sender and " Mr.Spamstopper ", as in the implementation with reference to figure 9 to 11 descriptions in the above.Yet illustrate as an example with reference to Figure 12 according to inquiry/answering as an alternative of the present invention.Should be appreciated that, however, this-or the process in Fig. 9 to 11, described at any other relevant inquirys/answering of this incident-also can use and by realization with being equal to.
As shown in figure 12, relating to the picture 34 of on homepage 71 as shown in figure 12, presenting to the sender according to the problem in the inquiry/answering of the embodiment of the invention, in this case, this pictorial depiction a brown horse.In an illustrated embodiment, the sender replys by addressable selective listing 35 is provided on homepage, and for example " brown horse, the ox of black, dog of white or the like " assisted.After the answer of selecting the sender to praise, button 36 is pressed, and carries out summarizing under the description of the invention among Fig. 9 to 11 as top on this process principle.
In addition, inquiry/answering can be further used as replacement and depend on non-illustrated visit information.Thereby for example, the demonstration of the picture of brown horse can be replaced by the emission of the well-known voice signal of selected ordinary people in Figure 12, for example a women sings, and corresponding problem is what this sound is, and (possible is auxiliary) answer: " this is that the women is singing ".
On contact method page or leaf as shown in figure 12 except that address inquires to/reply the continuous item other and use their effect to be described below:
Official welcomes text:
The service provider of this system can write stereotyped command " what this is? " or the like the zone.
The individual welcomes text:
This is the zone of the personal information that the terminal user can insert similar " hello, welcomes, and you can be below filling in ... write letter to me ".May also comprise logo, the link of arriving homepage or personal images.
This can be created in the motif area (title) that will be sent in the Email of user forum.
This can be created in the message region in the Email that sends as bulletin in the user forum.
Annex zone 31 with browser
This sender for initial mail provides the chance of pasting one or more files on the bulletin in user forum.
Your name zone 32
Must fill out the zone: sender's name or role's title.
Your addresses of items of mail zone 33
Must fill out the zone: sender's addresses of items of mail.
The copy of above-mentioned mail is sent to my addresses of items of mail:
The mail copy is sent to the addresses of items of mail that contact method partly provides.
In present example, when pressing " OK-send mail to Frits ", below every generation:
On mail server, create mr_testerson@frits.flue4.com as new addresses of items of mail.
Because Mr.'s Testerson mark " sends copy to me ", the mail of the content that fills is sent to testerson@democompany.com.
It sends the address
Mr_testerson@frits.flue4.com, and Mr. Testerson can reply it and get in touch with Frits (user).
Initial link is that unique Mr. Testerson has to by frits.flue4.com contact Frits (unless the passage that Frits selects termination/excision to create, in this case, Mr. Testerson will be reused this page by guide, and be the new title of this new tunnel input).
May add following message at this initial mail top:
---stoping the spam robot to generate automatically---by flue4.com
Dear Mr. Testerson, you have given and have used the Frits that is awarded Patent right prevention garbage mail system of flue4.com to write letter.
Be the copy that you send to the mail of Frits below.
In the future you can be used for to the addresses of items of mail that Frits writes letter be:
Mr_testerson@frits.flue4.comThis is the privacy addresses of items of mail that you write letter to Frits.The all other men of hope and Frits contact can pass through
Frits@frits.flue4.comRealize this operation.Thank you.
---stoping the spam robot end of generation automatically---by flue4.com
In order to read and write mail, Mr_Testerson is as the newcomer of the forum that Frits logined and be created.
The user experience according to method and system of the present invention (" Mr.Spamstopper ")
Function
With reference to Figure 13, show here and have e-mail address: the figure that schematically shows that the user of you@mrspamstopper.com experiences according to the effect of method and system of the present invention.In the figure, middle section 59 schematically shows a user, annular region 58 expressions around 1 are according to the function of method and system of the present invention (" Mr.Spamstopper "), promptly, " ring " of initial definition, this zone comprises the necessary hardware and software of various functions that is used to realize method and system of the present invention, symbolically represents with the frame among Figure 13 38.Perimeter 57 expressions comprise " remainder in the world " want by any sender of Email and this telex network.Referring to Reference numeral 37, the sender sends an envelope Email to user you@mrspamstopper.com, has presented aforesaid challenge response 39 for him in the above.If the sender provides correct option, unique mail passage is created in 41, thereby prevents to receive the unwelcome mail from the sender effectively.
In order to be provided station address such as news summary, can use browser plug-in to insert address (passage) in the page realizes customized some service etc. or is creating individual brief introduction on the Internet, indicated as Reference numeral 43, wherein on this page, created passage at 44 places, thereafter, database on the Internet will have such passage, as long as this user accepts, then they can write letter for this user by these passages.
Referring to Reference numeral 48, the user can be by method and system of the present invention with common mode to outside addressee's send Email.If the addressee has had a passage 49, this addressee receives the ordinary electronic mail to channel address as mail sender 51 from this user to address of the addressee.If the addressee does not have passage as yet, then create passage 50.
The addressee can be transmitted to other people to your mail 52 to give a response (automatically replying), and other people reply your Email 53 thereafter.When entering the service that method and system of the present invention provides, this passage is identified 54, and this mail is allowed to by 55, and from the answer that as a result of arrives on other people 56 the mail by user's perception, just as under the situation at ordinary times.
Yet represented as Reference numeral 60, the addressee also can reveal this passage to spammer (passage known to the addressee is the unique information that this addressee can reveal), and perhaps this addressee begins to send your undesired mail to you as an alternative.In this case, this passage is still by method and system identification 61 of the present invention, but in this case, you can see 63 truly, the 64th, who offers spammer to your address (passage), and you can click such as the Mr.Spamstopper icon with the effect of deleting this passage and mail 66 with the Reference numeral among Fig. 2 72 (Reference numeral 65 among Figure 13) expression thereon.After this, nobody can re-use this address 67, because it no longer exists, therefore, nobody can provide spam to you, and news summary is quit the subscription of or the like.If someone wants to write letter 68 to deleted passage, once more for he presents inquiry/answering of the present invention, and when being provided, correct option creates a new passage, and he can give you send Email once more as mentioned above like this.
In brief, the user of Mr.Spamstopper service has to a great extent and the same with generalized case carries out the identical impression of E-mail communication with the world around, but further can stop spam and other unwelcome message item, and can detect this message item and come from what.
Mention expansion embodiment at last according to method and system of the present invention, according to this expansion embodiment, user or big system (such as company or association) can pass through method and system of the present invention (" Mr.Spamstopper ") open more critical point, the world towards periphery.Scene below considering: the employee that company is intended for it provides the Email that prevents spam, but wish can be in that the cycle stop the mail of distributing indiscriminately that receives by " back door (back entrance) " sometime yet.So this user can oneself define the problem that he uses in according to inquiry/answering of the present invention, but " general-purpose accessing key (key) " also can be provided, and the visit to everyone is provided.When needs, this key can be controlled by middle ground and change, and does not change except " keyhole " anything.
" general-purpose accessing " also can have the form such as the code of writing in the auxiliary data that enters with mail, these data are invisible to the user.This will mean that this mail will not carry out challenge response and directly pass through if this mail comprises this coded message (for example only 6 characters in email header).In addition, but this code middle ground or change according to the setting that the user selects.Therefore, for example the post office of a country can provide the Email of no spam by such as this " common key " is sold to the advertisement supplier, wherein has only those talents with account can issue commercial advertising message.In addition, should " common key " can after use, be reset.
Further, still according to another embodiment according to method and system of the present invention, the user can have more problem or more answer, for example " what your investigation relates to? " and this mail can only not receive a challenge response, but can route to the appropriate location in the said firm yet.
Basically, be used to prevent that the user from receiving unwelcome electronic communication project and can use following technical characterictic/functional block to realize such as the system from the message of external entity, but should be appreciated that available other device realization of various feature/pieces, and still in the scope of the present invention by the appended claims definition:
(a) be used for from server or other electronic processing/memory storage of the electronic communication project of described external entity reception arrival;
(b) be used to receive the inbox of described user's the electronic communication project that receives;
(c) inquiry/answering device such as database or other electronic processing/memory storage, is used for the inquiry to described external entity transmission such as problem;
(d) be used to receive the device of replying to described inquiry from described external entity;
(e) judgment means is used for judging whether receiving acceptable replying in described inquiry/answering.
By using this system, to accept by described judgment means from external entity such as the time to the replying of the individual of this user's send Email, electronic communication project such as Email will be passed to this user's inbox.
Notice that term " inbox " should make an explanation under a wide significance, other suitable reception/display device also can present in face of the user certainly.
Use the usage of method and system of the present invention and/or some other examples of result
Example 1:
Someone wants to send mail to this user, and only has the sender address of sheltering, or has only subdomain as contact method information.
Give and to shelter sender address ([user name] user name] .[territory]) send Email and do not create notice, but produce the Email that automatically reply of an envelope to the contact method part by system to this user.
Giving the information that the Email that automatically replies that receives when sender address is write letter has the contact method page or leaf that how to obtain this user (http: // [user name] .[territory]) of sheltering.
Scheme as an alternative, automatically replying Email self is html format, and comprises the function of user's contact method page or leaf (http: // [user name] .[territory]), therefore minimizes the trouble of contact method part.
The contact method page or leaf (http: // [user name] .[territory]) that enters this user causes activating the function of this page.
Example 2:
Someone writes letter to the addresses of items of mail of user's termination/excision.
When a passage during by user's termination/excision, this e-mail address has and shelters the similar function of sender's addresses of items of mail ([user name] @[user name] .[territory]).
Example 3:
The user wants to reveal or be linked to the contact method information (how getting in touch me) on webpage/business card etc.
This user can select to reveal or be linked to " sheltering sender address " ([user name] @[user name] .[territory]).
This user can select to reveal or be linked to http: .[territory, // address [user name]].
Example 4:
The user wants to being that someone of member/the have passage that enters this user's ring writes new mail.
This user logins bulletin board.
This user creates new topic (thread should begin or continue at this moment) on bulletin board in the expectation part of forum.
When writing new topic in forum, this user selects the recipient of which (a bit) member of forum as this message.
System sends to Email in this member's the e-mail address, the content of the bulletin in forum as Email.
Example 5:
The user want to be not member/do not have enter passage in this user's ring someone write mail.
This user logins bulletin board.
This user creates new topic (thread should begin or continue at this moment) on bulletin board in the expectation part of forum.
As the member of input forum as recipient's alternative, this user's input (one or more) recipient's e-mail address, and passage/member's to be created more information is provided alternatively.
System creates the newcomer of forum automatically according to this user's input.
System is to newcomer's e-mail address send Email, the bulletin in forum as Email content.
Example 6:
The user wants to the mechanical part such as news summary, or reveals addresses of items of mail for purpose of membership qualification etc.
This user logins bulletin board, or uses other limited mode to obtain visit to this systemic-function.
The user imports at least one title for this passage, for example " news summary ".
This user can add more information on passage, describe its purpose, note, image etc.
Input according to this user:
System generates new member in bulletin board.
This member's name is the name that this user provides.
Other details that this user provides further describes this member.
The addresses of items of mail that system creation is new [the name] @[user name of input] .[territory].
System provides the addresses of items of mail that will give this mechanical part to this user.
Example 7:
User and member write has same subject/many envelopes mail in same thread.
When system received new Email, before this Email was published to forum automatically, subject line was analyzed automatically.
The decline of subject line is checked by system, and itself and existing forum topic are mated.This means in fact if having the bulletin of title " our church festival " and be present in this forum, and receive the subject line that new mail has " replying: our church festival ", then remove the part that do not match, and the new bulletin input of this mail as topic " our church festival ".
Result at this user is that each topic is gone here and there together in forum.
Can use other this " removal " technology so that provide the forum of better function to experience as the user.
Member's (or new produce mail passage) that can write new topic by default allocation is to enter a classification of this forum---as " individual ", and " work ", " family " or the like.
Example 8:
The user receives unwelcome Email/spam.
In the given example of the system that uses similar phpBB, each bulletin in forum all is close to the information about firms of bulletin part.In addition, this system has extra button deleting unwelcome Email, and deletes this passage.
The result is that the mail that every sealing-in is received is close to the possibility that stops this passage.
Click this button and " shelter " addresses of items of mail that sends the part use, the member in the deletion forum, and delete unwelcome bulletin/Email.
No longer can get in touch, thereby stop the behavior to this user of spammer effectively by this e-mail address and this user.
This user can the see problematic e-mail address that has been whose initial creation, or whom it begins to be given most, because this is merged in this passage.
Example 9:
Carrying out machinery attempts to search out the path of this user's ring as " hacker ".
On this user's contact method page or leaf, a plurality of wrong conjectures (being commonly called " rough force attack ") from a source (IP address) in short cycle cause the automation of related part is blocked.
Claims (15)
1. method that is used to prevent to receive unwelcome electronic communication project, these communication item can be the message from the machine at external entity such as individual or user place, according to this method, each described entity is given a unique address or a member channel to this user at first, is used for communicating with this user.
2. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that described project is an Email.
3. according to the method for claim 2, wherein said address is an e-mail address.
3. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that described unique addresses of items of mail or member channel to this user is designated in e-mail address self.
4. according to the method for claim 3, wherein said unique addresses of items of mail or member channel have [member channel] @[user name] .[territory] or [member channel] .[user name] @[territory] or the form of [member channel] @[station address].
5. according to the method for any claim in the aforementioned claim 2 to 4, wherein said unique addresses of items of mail or member channel only are assigned to described external entity after having answered this user-defined requirement in that described external entity is gratifying.
6. according to the method for claim 5, wherein said user-defined requirement is an inquiry/answering.
7. according to the method for any claim in the aforementioned claim, wherein said unique address is by this user definition.
8. according to the method for any claim in the aforementioned claim 1 to 6, wherein said unique address is defined by described external entity.
9. according to the method for claim 5 or 6, wherein said user-defined requirement or challenge response comprise and are used to protect several user-defined protection levels of avoiding receiving described unwelcome electronic communication project.
10. according to the method for claim 6 or 9, wherein said inquiry/answering comprises the problem that presents to described external entity when this entity attempts to send described electronic communication project to this user for the first time.
11. according to the method for claim 6 or 9, wherein said inquiry/answering comprises picture or other graphical information that presents to described entity when this entity is attempted by this user of e-mail connection for the first time.
12. according to the method for claim 6 or 9, wherein said inquiry/answering comprises the sound signal that presents to described entity when this entity is attempted by this user of e-mail connection for the first time.
13. according to the method for claim 6 or 9, wherein said inquiry/answering comprises the code that presents to described entity when this entity is attempted by this user of e-mail connection for the first time.
14. one kind is used to prevent that the user from receiving unwelcome electronic communication project such as the system from the message of external entity, this system comprises:
(f) be used for from server or other electronic processing/memory storage of the electronic communication project of described external entity reception arrival;
(g) be used to receive the inbox of described user's the electronic communication project that receives;
(h) inquiry/answering device such as database or other electronic processing/memory storage, is used for the inquiry to described external entity transmission such as problem;
(i) be used to receive the device of replying to described inquiry from described external entity;
(j) be used for judging whether receiving acceptable judgment means of replying in described inquiry/answering.
Thereby described electronic communication project is passed to described inbox when described judgment means is accepted described replying.
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